Democracy Reform
We have a broken political system and a corrupt campaign finance system. The American people believe the political system is rigged at their expense and overwhelmingly want the system repaired.
We advocate democracy reforms and develop model legislation.
- Model campaign finance reform legislation we helped develop was incorporated into historic democracy reform legislation the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1) which passed the House in 2021 and came within two votes of passing the Senate. We are at the doorstep of enacting these reforms.
- The unprecedented package of democracy reforms includes campaign finance, voting rights, partisan gerrymandering, government ethics and election security reforms.
- We have won reform battles in the past and will fight for H.R. 1 and successor bills for as long as it takes to enact these democracy reforms.
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Supreme Court Decisions Today Confirm Urgent Need to Enact the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeThe Fight for Voting Rights and Anti-Corruption Legislation Goes On
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeThe Fight Goes On
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeThe Filibuster Rules Are Not Sacred – Just Ask Joe Manchin.
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeSen. Manchin Previously Voted to Eliminate the Filibuster on Motions to Begin Debate on Legislation, Like the For the People Act
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeIn Their Own Words: The Candidates Empowered by the Small Donor Revolution
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1 Money In Politicsby DianeSupport For Small Donor Financing Has Long and Deep Roots Among Senate Democrats, Must Be Kept In S. 1
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeSen. Manchin Would Be Defending Sen. Robert Byrd’s Legacy By Supporting Small Donor Financing In S. 1
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeThe Senate Takes Up the For the People Act Next Week
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeA Pivotal Moment for Voting Rights
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeThe Senate may be a legislative graveyard, but debate is not yet dead in the US – D21 VP Matt Keller in The Hill
|Op Eds |Democracy Reformsby DianeOnly the For the People Act’s Voting Rules Will Override New State Voter Suppression Laws
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeA Summer Showdown on Voting Rights
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeChoosing Between the Sacred Right to Vote and the Filibuster Rules
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by DianeThe Most Important Decision of Senator Manchin’s Career – Wertheimer in Medium
|Op Eds, Press Releases |Democracy Reforms H.R. 1by Diane